BIG WEEK OF GOOD RESULTS!!!!!

Ok the past week has been massive for me (hence, my lack of blog entries which I do apologize!!!!). Last weeks weigh in as predicted was terrible! Absoultely terrible - I gained 1.3kg. I was shatttered. But nevertheless put it behind me, and worked my butt off as I new this weeks weigh in had the potential to be bad too given I had my sisters Hen's Party Saturday Night (which was a lot of fun - but more about that later!!!).

Friday Night was the last night of the Bootcamp that I had been doing for the previous 8 weeks, so we had weigh in and a fitness test!!!! I came through with the goods - woo hoo - lost 2.2kgs (according to Bek's scales!) so a total loss of 6.2kgs for the 8 weeks! And had good losses on all body part measurements (from memory about 10cm off waist, 10cm of chest, 3cm off arms, 7cm off thighs ... thats all I can remember). Then came the fitness test and man I was determnined to beat my own score! And I did in everything!!! Now I am hoping I beat my results the best and that I was the winner - hehe. Fingers, Toes and everything crossed!

Then we had Satruday Night - the Fairy Cowgirls Hen's Night! I went to the gym and did Body Combat in the monring and then stayed clean with my eating for the entire day (and night) - but may have had quite a few to drink (ok ... so I lost count!). I stopped though at about 11.30pm and stayed up until 2.30am - surely that burnt some of the drinks off!

And to even make sure I burnt those unwanted extra cals - I helped my parents stack about 4yrs worth of wood into their shed (it took around 7hrs) on Sunday!!!!

Monday - my new 'Bootcamp' started in Warragul - a 6 week challenge. This week consists of 3 x 1hr personal training sessions. My trainer is Tyson - he is awesome! I have only had 2 sessions this week with him so far but he has pushed me!!! I also have to wear a certain tshirt when at the gym so that way I am pushed when ever I am there if it looks like I am slacking off!.

So, anyway, this week I lost ... drum roll .... 3.3kgs!!! I weighed myself like 10 times I was that shocked and excited!!!. This has put me back on track to achieve one of my mini/ major goals. To reach 30kg loss by 16th April!!!!!! I want this soooo bad!

I also went shopping this week and got to buy a size 12 bra OMG!!!!!! I was a size 18 in October last year and now I am getting a size 12!!!!! How exciting! And I also shouted myself a couple of nice items!!!!

I would love to have an awesome loss again next week - I so desperately want to reach those 70's!!!! Will keep you all posted!!!!

Disheartened and Confused ...

I don’t compare my weekly weigh ins to others as I know everyone is very different to each other. However ....

I exercise religiously ... probably over do it. I weigh and record ALL of my food. Work out the Total Calories I have consumed, the Total Calories I have burnt during exercise and then work out my deficit for the day ...

I had one bad day this weekend ... I didn’t think it was that bad until the next day ... I weighed and extra 1.3kgs!!!! OMG! I did not eat that much food ... Went for a 16km walk that day to try and make up for it ... obviously didn’t help! I gained 800grams!!!

Maybe I have a really crap metabolism!!! And this is the bit where I am confused. How can others report of a ‘bad’ weekend with food and/or a week of no exercise and lose well over a kilo? Or have they really lost the weight? It does my head in trying to work it out!!! 

I don’t want to sound like I am not supportive – I think every loss is an awesome effort! I just don’t know how other people do it!

Wednesday Weigh Ins!!!

This week I gained 800grams. My first gain on the Michelle Bridges Program (and this is my second round) and I am so annoyed with myself! I have exercised and exercised but had massive red flag weekend and obviously failed :( Shattered! Anyway, gotta get over it and back into it!

BRING ON THE NEXT WEEK (and a massive loss!)

Wednesday Weigh Ins!!!

Ok ... so I am a day late ... but better late than never right?

Yesterday was weigh in day and we also had to do measurements! And bragging moment ... I lost 1.4kg this week which means I have lost 5.4kg this round and a total of 24.8kgs since beginning my 12WBT journey last round! (It had to be 200 grams short of 25kgs didn't it - pfft!). Therefore, I have passed me first goal (one month goal) of losing 5kgs! woo hoo!

I have also lost a total of 26cms in the past 4 weeks - I am soooo glad that all the hard work I am putting in is paying off!

Bring on the next 4 weeks!!!! (And hopefully another 5kgs and 26cms!)

Wednesday Weigh Ins!!!

This week I lost 1.2kg!!!! I am VERY happy with this as I had the MASSIVE red flag day on Sunday!!!

I have now decided to set myself a new mini goal - to lose 7kg by the 16th April (mys sisters Wedding date!). This will put me into the 70s and I don''t even remember EVER being in the 70s since my wedding nearly 9 years ago!

So this is my commitment to you all! I AM going to lose 7kgs by the 16th April. I CAN DO THIS!!! BRING IT ON!!!!

MASSIVE RED FLAG DAY!!!

On Sunday I had a MASSIVE red flag day!!! A 5 year old birthday party directly followed by a 1 year old birthday party!!! Arrrrgh. Was very nervous about the whole day. Worried about if I could avoid the chips, dips and lollies. And guess what?! I did! At both! I had a sausage and salad for lunch and for tea steak and salad! Half a bight of cake and drank water and diest coke!!! I even managed to stay UNDER my calaries! Woohoo. Now, I am praying it reflects in tomorrows weight in! FINGERS, TOES AND EVRYTHING IS CROSSED! lol

BRAGGING MOMENT!!!!

Today I tried on my bridesmaids dress for my sisters wedding in April! The last time I tried it on it did up ... but today it did up VERY easily. The dress maker was shocked and said that we need to leave any alterations for a couple of weeks in case I lose more weight (which is the plan lol) and said how well I have done lol!!! I was soooooo excited.

So a new mini goal for me ... between now and 16th April I want to lose at least 7kg. Doable you think??? BRING IT ON! If I succeed I will be into those 70's wooohoooo!!!!

TWIN TOWNS TRAIL!!

A walk along the twin town trails from Drouin to Warragul was organised for today for members of the 12WBT team!!! We were to meet at Drouin Civic Park and walk out an hour and then back again!

So after my Body Comat Class I headed off to Drouin to ,meet some 12WBT team members!!! Got there at about 5 to 10am and I was the only car in the car park!!! ok .... waited around went for a walk to next car park (to see if I could see any 'lost' faces) and nup noone!!! At 10.15 I had to make a decision - do the walk on my own or leave!

One person had previously told me they maybe late. I said to them that it would be fine - just start the walk and you may bump into some of us on our way back!!!.  So, with that in mind I started to walk!!! (Previously, I would NEVER have done this walk on my own because I am a chicken! lol). I had calories to burn plus 'deadlines' to meet!.

So I walked nearly an hour out (to the 5km mark) and back again!!! So 10km!!! and burnt 623cals woohoo!!!

I was a bit disappointed that noone came - but you get that! lol and I am so proud that I did the walk on my own (now I will go and do it again!).

As it turned out, one member went to the wrong park (oops) and another member came - but we missed each other :(. Lesson learnt for next time - state an obect that I will be wearing and maybe let people attending know a mobile number!!!!

Hope to meet some members soon!

I AM TEACHING MYSELF TO RUN - C25K!!!!

After last weeks weigh in (400g loss) I was very disappointed. I had been VERY careful with food and doing exercise (felt like I was working my butt off) and it didn't pay off! Then Mish's video came - about exercise!!! And helloooo - I need to up it!!! I need to burn between 400 and 800 calories a session!!!

I then had a vent to Jenny!!! (She is my awesome support buddy and keeps me motivated!!!!). And she suggested again (which I was also thinking but procrastinating and putting off for as longs as possible) that I needed to run - not walk! WTF! Running on the basketball court, I can handle, running on a tennis court I can handle, running away from something scary, I can handle - but running 'just for fun' - that kills me!!!!

But something needed to happen! So on Monday I started my own version of C25K (teaching myself to run 5km from not being able to do anything at all!). I say my own - because the first week of the C25K wasn't enough - so I upped it and did 1min of running and 1min walking - for 30mins instead of 20mins (and because I had reached 500 cals - I walked for another 30mins!).

Then today I thought - I need to up it again!!! Push myself harder. JFDI!!!! So I did. After my 5min warm up walk, I ran for 1.5mins and wak for 1min, for the first 20mins. For the next 10mins I ran for 1min then walked for 1min. And because I did and hour on Monday - I had to do an hour again and smash the calories burnt Monday and improve how far I had gone!!! (Yes, like Mish, I compete with myself lol). And I beat both - I burnt 50 more cals plus walked/ran/ jogged nearly a couple of hundred metres further!

So next time I have to beat -

6.65 kms in the hour
565 cals burnt

5km - 42mins

And hopefully sooner rather than later, I can run at least 1km straight (before having to walk) and then 2km, then 3km, then 4km, then 5km and ... we will have to wait and see lol!

Will keep you posted on how I do!!!

BACK ON TRACK!!!

Since last Wednesday's weigh in, I was a little disappointed with my loss of 400g ... ok more than a little - ALOT!!!! But I wasn't going to let it sabbotage my journey! Instead got more anal about writing things down. If it went in the mouth, the weight was recorded and the calories were calculated!

Same with exercise - I was aiming for a deficit each day (and a decent one - no point pussy footing around now right - pmsl!).

Hence this week I lost 2.4kg!! Woohoo - a decent loss (for me - because I am fat - I do understand that if you don't have much to lose then 400g would be awesome but I have ALOT to lose)! . This brings me back on trach with my goals - if I can continue with these losses then I should be able to lose the 12kg I have set as my goal for this round for sure!!!! Fingers, toes and everything crossed!

Hope everyone has had a great week. Lets smash up this week!!!!